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Species?

  • KarenCooney by KarenCooney

    I have not marked a species as I am not sure if this is a plant or animal.
    Looks like some form of parasite - tube worm maybe?

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  • geoffrey.belknap by geoffrey.belknap scientist

    Hi @KarenCooney - sometimes it's difficult to find the species name, especially when it's not on the image itself. You can, if you have the time, click the page symbol on the top right to bring you to the original source. There you can look through the volume for the related article for the illustration. In this case it is an article about tape worms in ducks, which is what this illustration depicts:

    http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7250194#page/24/mode/1up

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